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I have a 16' utility trailer, my father in law bought used in '69--I got it when we moved him from farm to town in 75. We have used it for hauling everything for all these years and it still had original treated yellow pine (CCA) but was getting soft and needed lights and paint.

I caught my son and grand son cutting the floor bolts out the easy way. Today I welded conduit under it for wiring harness and built new brackets for LED lights. Few minor touches and it will get fresh coat of JD green. New treated lumber is sitting on another trailer outside shop. I guess a floor that has lasted 45 years is ok.
You can't see it in picture, but there is a pipe support as well as the two chains hooked to backhoe bucket

I have a 16' utility trailer, my father in law bought used in '69--I got it when we moved him from farm to town in 75. We have used it for hauling everything for all these years and it still had original treated yellow pine (CCA) but was getting soft and needed lights and paint.

I caught my son and grand son cutting the floor bolts out the easy way. Today I welded conduit under it for wiring harness and built new brackets for LED lights. Few minor touches and it will get fresh coat of JD green. New treated lumber is sitting on another trailer outside shop. I guess a floor that has lasted 45 years is ok.
You can't see it in picture, but there is a pipe support as well as the two chains hooked to backhoe bucket

I've done my skid steer trailer twice in the years I've owned it like that. Lots easier to get the old deck off. New pressure treated pine only lasts about 10 years unless you soak it in used engine oil the year after you install the new deck. I paint the deck heavy letting it soak in overnight, then flip the trailer the next day and do the same thing always keeping tab of my growing carbon footprint.....

New lights are plastic junk, least the ones I have found are plastic. In the old days they made lights that were stout, now you need to weld pipe on to hide the snowflake lights in so they do not get insulted.

If you have lenses, or can find replacements, you can get new wires for the sockets. Then if you want fancy new light bulbs, you can get LED bulbs to replace the incandescent bulbs.

Bear67- Great minds think alike! I got a good deal on a "re-purposed" pop-up camper, and upon inspection last weekend realized it had a leaf broken in one of the springs. I figured this way would be lots easier than a jack and laying on my back. (The loader on my tractor leaks down too bad right now to use it for this....)
Anyway, it will get new springs, wiring and a bed liner spray paint job. Yeah!

We have 10 or more trailers in the family fleet and are changing them all out to "good" LED units. We buy a commercial grade from a local trailer manufacturer and they are holding up well. We are also welding up a surround guard around the light to protect it. We run all wiring in conduit and solder all joints and seal with heat shrink tubing. May be overkill but I get tired of working on trailer lights and I got stopped in Ohio and Oklahoma last year because of faulty (cheaply made) lights--no written tickets and I got to meet some nice lawmen.
We go to pasture with anything and conduit keeps from dragging wires off with brush and weeds. I install 2" receiver tubes on all our equipment trailers where we can use electric winches when we need one. I have a 12 ton hand gear winch on one utility trailer. I think trailers are like guns, when asked how many does a man need, the answer is "Just one more!".

Nice job. Would never fly in Oregon. Could pull it for years and then get stopped by some wise kid cop looking for an excuse to pull you over and smell your breath. We need side lights on anything but a lawn trailer.